Brian Williams

Brian Williams has recently partially retired from a long career in
government archaeology in Northern Ireland. He was involved in many aspects of
archaeology including excavation and survey. He helped to establish the Centre
for Maritime Archaeology at the University of Ulster and the Centre for
Archaeological Fieldwork at The Queen’s University Belfast. Until 2011 he was
an Assistant Director in the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. He now works
part-time as a principal Policy Advisor in NIEA’s Innovations and Strategies
Directorate with a particular emphasis on developing the heritage economy.